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Robot is big hit with class at Billings Central Catholic High School

Hunter Lloyd, who teaches robotics at Montana State University, knows how to turn heads at airports.

He wheels a robot named Looney in a baby stroller.

?That way,? he joked with Central Catholic High School students Monday, ?I don?t have to worry about the baggage handlers ? although the grandparents get a little freaked out when he waves to them.?

Looney is no ordinary humanoid robot. He can walk, talk, sing, hear, balance on one leg ? and crack the occasional wisecrack, just like the guy who designed him. He won so many medals at the Robot Olympic Games ? six most recently ? that Lloyd has labeled him ?the Michael Phelps of the Robot Olympics.?

By Mike Ferguson, Billings Gazette
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